Ayumu Sasaki completed two laps of the penalty loop, before charging through the field, looking in control of the Moto3 Austrian Grand Prix, round thirteen♐ of the cha💙mpionship.

Starting by takin💦g over at the front, the Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max rider was leading the race when he hit the long loop for the first time, which dropped tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhe #71 to 17th, but on the back of the lead group.

Sasaki then took his second lap soon after (the p🅰enalty was awarded for running into the bacಌk of Sergio Garcia in Silverstone) which dropped him to 21st.

The Japanese rider never gave up and was soon able to lꦜatch on to the back of the lead group.

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Hitting the front around the halfway mark, 💧pulling up to second on the way to the new chicane, then taking Guevara with a decisive move, Sasaki then picked up the pace and commanded the race from the front for his second win, with his first coming 🍸back in Assen.

His friend and ♍former Petro⛦nas team-mate Jake Dixon was among the first to congratulate Sasaki on track, as his Japanese flag got tangled in his back wheel while celebrating.

Where Sasaki needed no slipstream aid up font, it was what his fellow countryman Tatsuki S🐲uzuki was hoping for behind. Instead he first had to contend with attention from both Deniz Oncu and David Munoz ⛦as they put in their claims for a podium spot, forcing the Leopard rider to move to defensive lines instead of being able to chase down Sasaki.

As they battled each other the #24 had a final chance but even in the slipsteam he could not ﷺpull past, finishing 0.064s behind as the t⛎op Honda by some margin.

It was rookie Munoz who won the battle behind for the final rostrum spot, with his late move on th♏e BOE Motorsports KTM made to count.

Red Bull KTM Tech 3 rider Deniz Oncu was clear in fou𒊎rth, with aဣ gap back to the next group on track.

That was lead over the line by Sergio Garci🐻a, which extends his title laead with both his GasGas team-mate Izan Guevara and Dennis Foggia (Leopard Honda) behind in seventh and a distant twelfthꦜ respectively.

The Aspar bikes were split ꦉby another impressive rookie, with MT Helmets-MSI rider Daniel Holgado having a strong race in sixth.

Daniel Holgado started from pole and initially held his own at the 𒁃front be♌fore slipping back to eighth for Red Bull KTM Ajo.

John McPhee started from 𓄧18th on the grid after getting beaten by the clock in qualifying and not reaching his potential. The Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max rider has shown his pace earlier in the weekend after finishing free practice third and used that speed and his racecraft to climb to ninth by the chequered flag.

Kaito Toba completed the top ten for CIP Green Power after just holding off rookie Ivan Ortola (Ange🅠luss MTA Team) who had to settle for eleventh.

Foggia was a second further back, with Ryusei Yamanaka in close company on the second MT Helmets entry in 13th.
The remaining points on offer went to 1ꦍ4th placed  Xavier Artigas (CMOTO Racing PreustelGP) and Stefano Nepa (Angeluss MTA Team) in 15th.

VisionTrack’s Scott Ogden couldn’t match the comeba❀ck of compatriot 🐼McPhee and finished 21st, his team-mate Joshua Whatley was 29th.

Crashes and penalties

Carlos Tatay was taken out at turn three🌸, after contact with🅠 Andrea Migno. Migno was handed a long lap penalty for his actions which saw him finish 23rd.

Ana Carrasco was also handed a long lap penalty for getting in Tatsuki Suzuki’s wa൩y b𒆙ack in Q1, She finished 28th.

Riccardo rossi was handed a long lap loop trip early in the race🐻 for cutting the chicane, the SIC58 Squadra Corse rider made a better job of a comeback in 19th.

Jaume Masia was ꦫthe only other faller in the race, he remounted🅘 to finish one place higher in 18th for Red Bull KTM Ajo.

Where does that leave the championship?

Fifth sees Sergio Garcia extend his lead slightly, now on a total of 193, wi🌠th an advantage of five over team-mate Izan Guevara.

Dennis Foggia remains third despite slipping back to twe🍬lfth in the race, now with 🍌a 49 point defecit.

Ayumu Sasaki pulls himself into contention as the form rider, with two wins in the last three races - now 55 points shy of G🍷arcia’s total.